Cardiac meds needed for Mezrich’s thrilling ride: Bringing Down the House

March 31, 2008
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (Paperback)
 
5.0 out of 5 stars Cardiac meds needed for Mezrich’s thrilling ride, November 21, 2002
 
By bsammons7" (Grand Junction, CO)
 
This review is from: Bringing Down the House : The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (Hardcover)
 
As a physician I have my fill of non-fiction with an abundance of journals so when I read for relaxation I want a story that keeps me excited, interested and sleepless until it is finished. Bringing Down the House is such a book and reads like a Clancy or Pollock with a little lower body count, but with no less excitement.

Ben Mezrich is superb writer and story teller with the amazing ability to weave the excitement of a Las Vegas casino, the mathmetics of card counting with enjoyable interpersonal dynamics so that this is a consuming story with people you care about. His description of the high roller lifestyle in Vegas takes you to the tables playing sums you watch others wager with the adrenaline rush like you were part of the team. I bought the book in Boston having just missed him at a book signing and had a hardtime finishing the conference. I found myself in the room reading a book I could not put down instead of going out in one of the towns in which the story was set. It was that engrossing.

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